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Grundy Lakes Game Preserve

Grundy Lakes Game Preserve from directly overhead

Grundy Lakes Game Preserve is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 575 m. Ross Mountain stands 715 m to the northeast, 9.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Tip Top, a peak 2.2 miles away. Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
575 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.27036, -85.71636

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Grundy Forest State Natural Area: 2.4 mi
  • South Cumberland Visitor Center: 4.2 mi
  • Appalachian Conservation Institute: 6.1 mi
  • Harton Park: 7.0 mi
  • Gruetli-Laager Recreation Park: 9.6 mi
Cliffs: 27
Waterfalls: 26
  • Small Waterfall: 2.2 mi
  • Blue Hole Falls: 2.3 mi
  • Hanes Hole Falls: 2.5 mi
  • Black Canyon Falls: 2.6 mi
  • Sycamore Falls: 2.7 mi
Springs: 15
  • Schwoon Spring: 13.4 mi
  • Pryor Cave Spring: 13.4 mi
  • Cave Spring: 15.1 mi
  • Wildcat Spring: 15.6 mi
  • Dogwood Spring: 17.4 mi
Nature reserves: 9
Attractions: 8
Museums: 5
Historic sites: 5
Rest areas: 4
  • Grundy Count Rest Area - East Bound: 8.3 mi
  • Grundy Count Rest Area - West Bound: 8.4 mi
  • Saddleback Platform: 15.9 mi
  • Tennessee Welcome Center: 19.1 mi
Artworks: 4
  • Dinah Shore Murals: 23.1 mi
  • University of Tennessee Mural: 23.1 mi
  • Tims Ford Lake Mural: 23.2 mi
  • Franklin County Mural: 23.2 mi
Natural arches: 2
  • Sewanee Natural Bridge: 14.1 mi
  • Natural Bridge: 21.3 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Foster Falls Picnic Area: 6.5 mi
Gardens: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.6 miles of Grundy Lakes Game Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ross MountainNE 52°715 m9.0 mi
Bunker HillENE 63°703 m13.3 mi
Lockhart HillNE 46°694 m18.6 mi
Price MountainNE 44°689 m17.4 mi
Flat MountainNE 54°684 m17.4 mi
Wolfpen MountainNE 45°664 m20.2 mi
Stocker HillNE 40°654 m7.1 mi
Black MountainNE 39°649 m21.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4718:2118:55
June solstice05:2919:2420:02
September equinox06:3218:0818:41
December solstice06:4815:5616:35

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353846546370737267564638
Precip in5.85.56.16.15.15.36.14.34.23.44.86.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Coalmont, 7 mi away.

  • Canada Goose7 obs
  • Parrot's feather6 obs
  • striped wintergreen6 obs
  • Christmas fern5 obs
  • great mullein5 obs
  • pink lady's slipper4 obs
  • American beech4 obs
  • black locust4 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356807195

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